“There is no pride in using Indigenous peoples as props in a settler fantasy; there is no pride in racist caricatures; and there is no pride in cultural appropriation. Because my culture is not a costume. My culture is alive in the here and now. It is memory, flesh, and fire. It is the strength of all my relations.” – Hyperallergic
Author: Douglas McLennan
Does The Arts World Have An Interns Problem?
“If the base salary in our field is $0, then it’s no wonder that the next step up is not much higher. We know what working for free does to the chances of truly diversifying or addressing equity within any intersection of art and museum labor.” – Hyperallergic
Orange County’s New Age Crystal Cathedral Becomes A Catholic Cathedral
Cost savings may have been a motivating factor for the purchase. As cathedrals go, the diocese picked it up for a song, just $57.5 million. Some see the deal as an act of architectural preservation, if not devotion. – Washington Post
Alaska’s State Arts Council Has Shut Down After Governor Kills Budget
That makes the state the only one in the US not to have an arts agency. Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican who took office in December, used a line-item budget veto to eliminate the council’s funding of $2.8 million. Alaska lawmakers fell short last week in attempts to override the vetoes. – Anchorage Press
Everyone Thinks They Can Do A Podcast. But Can They?
There are hundreds of thousands of podcasts out there, and it’s amazingly difficult to determine how popular any of them really are (popularity can be purchased). But there are an awful lot of really bad podcasts, and the form may be waning. – The New York Times
Study: Smartphone Users More Comfortable Expressing Emotions With Emojis Than In a Phone Call
The majority of respondents (65%) said they are more comfortable expressing their emotions through emojis than a phone call. That number rises to 83% among Gen Z users, who represent the largest segment of media audience, according to the 2017 Nielsen Total Audience Report. – Hyperallergic
Louvre Removes Sackler Name From Its Walls
The move follows a widely publicized protest PAIN Sackler held together with the French group Aides Paris outside the Louvre. On July 1, the activists gathered outside the museum’s central pyramid to demand the removal of the Sackler name from 12 rooms in the Sackler Wing of Oriental Antiquities, previously named the Cour Carrée Wing of Antiquities. – Hyperallergic
What Musicians Are “Terrified” Of In 2019
Basically – burnout. The need to be on all the time. It’s not just performances, it’s the living life in public on social media, creating a persona and constantly interacting with a public you hope you have. – BBC
Why One Trustee Quit The Board Of The British Museum
Ahdaf Soueif: “Public cultural institutions have a responsibility: not only a professional one towards their work, but a moral one in the way they position themselves in relation to ethical and political questions. The world is caught up in battles over climate change, vicious and widening inequality, the residual heritage of colonialism, questions of democracy, citizenship and human rights. On all these issues the museum needs to take a clear ethical position.” London Review of Books
The World’s Latest New Opera House – In Hangzhou
“There is a competition amongst Chinese cities to create new destinations, each with their iconic cultural landmarks,” said Claude Godefroy, design director at Henning Larsen’s Hong Kong office. – dezeen